Neowin News Feed for: Athena

Microsoft's "Athena" AI: A blueprint for your own dev team's productivity boost

Paul Hill — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 04:44:01 +0000

Microsoft has released a blueprint of a new agent for Teams called Athena. It was shown off at BUILD, but now Microsoft has released code on GitHub for organizations to take and adapt. Read more...

Google develops VRDU AI dataset benchmark to scan and understand documents

Ishtiaqe Hanif — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 12:16:01 +0000

Google's Athena Team announced the release of the Visually Rich Document Understanding (VRDU) dataset. Systems trained on this dataset can automatically scan and extract rich data from documents. Read more...

New report claims Microsoft and AMD are teaming up to make AI processors

John Callaham — Thu, 04 May 2023 20:04:01 +0000

The report, using unnamed sources, claims Microsoft is offering financial support to AMD to help create these AI processors, in an effort to compete with NVIDIA's current market dominance. Read more...

Microsoft Weekly: LAPS and Windows Taskbar, Samsung ditching Google rumors, and app updates

Usama Jawad — Sat, 22 Apr 2023 18:16:01 +0000

The latest edition of Microsoft Weekly contains all you would need to know about the latest events that transpired in the world of Microsoft during the past week, dive right in without further ado! Read more...

Microsoft is reportedly developing its own AI hardware chip, code named Athena

John Callaham — Tue, 18 Apr 2023 14:30:01 +0000

The report claims that Microsoft has been developing the Athena AI chip since 2019, and it hopes it can help cut the cost of running servers with AI-themed large language programs. Read more...

Facebook confirms it is working on internet-beaming satellite dubbed Athena

Jay Bonggolto — Sat, 21 Jul 2018 10:42:02 +0000

The satellite-based internet project was first revealed in May by a filing with the Federal Communications Commission. Set for launch in early 2019, Athena is meant to deliver internet from orbit. Read more...

BlackBerry's upcoming Athena phone gets leaked

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 10 Apr 2018 22:02:01 +0000

TCL has done a pretty good job of reviving the BlackBerry name. With the success of its KEYone handset, the firm could be prepping a follow-up, and this could be what it looks like. Read more...

CIA-created spyware called Athena released by WikiLeaks, targets all major Windows versions

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 21 May 2017 03:12:02 +0000

WikiLeaks this week published details regarding the CIA-created 'Athena' spyware. It targets all major versions of Windows and allows attackers to take total control of the system and steal data. Read more...

Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield expansion Athena Sword Ships

Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:43:04 +0000

Ubisoft announced today that Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six® 3: Athena Sword has shipped for the PC. The first mission pack for Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield, Athena Sword adds even higher levels of... Read more...

Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword Delayed

Marcel Klum — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 14:15:26 +0000

Ubisoft announced today that Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Athena Sword will now ship in early 2004. The game had been scheduled for release this year. The company says that it is committed to creating... Read more...